Retailers threaten to ban Steam games!

[Scoobes]

dsister said:

vlad321 said:

blunty51 said:

MS has a monopoly with XBL, Sony has one with PSN.

Are there any consequences of that? I haven't been privy to any.

Yes, you actually have to pay to play online. Considering LIVE is inferior to regular online and you have to pay for it's a sign of lack of competition.

But you don't have to have XBL or PSN to play games...

No, you just have to pay for the proprietary and locked hardware.

Most people already have a PC or Mac for work or the internet and downloading Steam is free.